2011: The Year in Books

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As always, this list assembled after the fact may not reflect all books read this year. If you have any questions, favorites to share, or a request for personalized recommendations, I am always happy to talk about books!

You know, for kids!
All Stations Distress by Don Brown
Kat Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgess
* The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett - 100th Anniversary
No Passengers Beyond This Point by Gennifer Choldenko
The Lemonade Crime by Jacqueline Davis
The Great and Only Barnum by Candace Fleming
* A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
True...Sort Of by Katherine Hannigan
Junonia by Kevin Henkes
* The Popularity Papers: Books 2 & 3 by Amy Ignatow
Anne Isaacs: Swamp Angel & Dust Devil
* Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Jacobson
Nicholas St. North by William Joyce & Laura Geringer
The Loser List by H.N. Kowitz
- Interview with author H.N. Kowitz
The Friendship Doll by Kirby Larson
* On the Wing by Carol Lerner
Wild Wings by Gail Lewis
The Candymakers by Wendy Mass
The Adventures of Sir Gawain the True by Gerald Morris
Aldo Zelnick by Karla Oceanak and Kendra Spanjer
* Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Leisl & Po by Lauren Oliver
The Flint Heart by Katherine Paterson and John Paterson
Bob Raczka: Guyku & Lemonade
The Chicken Thief by Beatrice Rodriguez
* Other Goose by J. Otto Seibold
Brian Selznick:
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- The Hugo Movie Companion
Everything On It by Shel Silverstein
Penny Dreadful by Laurel Snyder
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie by Julie Sternberg
* Lost & Found: Three by Shaun Tan
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland by Cathrynne M. Valente
Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg
On the Blue Comet by Rosemary Wells


Young Adult
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
* No god but God by Reza Aslan
* They Called Themselves the KKK by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Fox & Phoenix by Beth Bernobich
White Cat by Holly Black
Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury
Deadly by Julie Chibbarro
* You Against Me by Jenny Downham
- Interview with author Jenny Downham
Catherine Fisher
- Sapphique (and Incarceron)
- The Relic Master series
The Summer of May by Cecilia Galante
Beautiful Days (Bright Young Things #2) by Anna Godbersen
Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
The Dead by Charlie Higson
Take Me to the River by Will Hobbs
Perfect by Ellen Hopkins
The Dark Game: True Spy Stories by Paul Janeczko
The Mark of the Golden Dragon (Bloody Jack) by L.A. Meyer
* Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
* This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
Guts by Gary Paulsen
* Web of Air by Philip Reeve
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Wideness & Wonder: The Art & Life of Georgia O'Keeffe by Susan Goldman Rubin
Every Bone Tells a Story by Jill Rubalcaba and Peter Robertshaw
Marie Rutkoski:
- The Cabinet of Wonders
- The Celestial Globe
- The Jewel of the Kalderash
* Gary Schmidt:
- Wednesday Wars
- Okay for Now
* The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin
The Wall by Peter Sis
* Nothing by Janne Teller
Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London by Andrea Warren
Gene Luen Yang
* - American Born Chinese
- Level-Up

Grownups
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Cousin Bette by Honore de Balzac
Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Shades of Milk & Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
* The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
* Selected Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant, translated by Roger Colet
The Charming Quirks of Others (Isabel Dalhousie) by Alexander McCall Smith
The Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
Hard-Boiled Wonderland by Haruki Murakami
One Day by David Nicholls
State of Wonder by Anne Patchett
Home by Marilynne Robinson
Patrick Rothfuss
* - The Name of the Wind
- A Wise Man's Fear
Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn
Flashback by Dan Simmons
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
* Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Chalcot Crescent by Fay Weldon
Still Point by Deborah Weisgall


Nonfiction
The New Cool by Neal Bascomb
The Heroine's Bookshelf by Erin Blakemore
House of Rain by Craig Childs
* The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama
Reading Magic by Mem Fox
Book of Days by Emily Fox Gordon
* U-Turn: What If You Woke Up One Morning and Realized You Were Living the Wrong Life? by Bruce Grierson
Ten Poems to Set You Free by Roger Housden
Against Love: A Polemic by Laura Kipnis
The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure
Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein
Feynman: The Graphic Novel by Jim Ottaviani
* Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love & Fallout by Lauren Redniss
The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth by Alexandra Robbins
Listen to This by Alex Ross
* A Joyful Noise: Reclaiming the Songs of my Fathers by Deborah Weisgall

Biographical Sketches
Susan B. Anthony
Randolph Caldecott
Lewis Carroll
Roald Dahl
Harry Houdini
Langston Hughes: I Sing America, Too
Brian Jacques
Steve Jenkins
Diana Wynne Jones
Megan McCarthy
Georgia O'Keeffe
Beatrix Potter
Tomie dePaola
Dick King Smith

* Indicates favorite titles, or titles of special interest